Overview
Mitch wants to be a carpenter. Heather wants to be a woodcarver. The wolf wants to be an intellectual. Ruby wants to escape the wolf. The woodcutter wants to escape the narrator. A fable-inspired play about love and wood and finding your purpose.
Casting & Production
Casting
NARRATOR — female, 30s
MITCH — male, a little lost, 30s
HEATHER — a would-be woodcarver, female, 30s
BRENDA — female, works in an office, 30s or 40s
THE WOLF / THE WOODEN MAN / PRIN — adult male
RUBY — female, 20s or younger
JANICE — the woodcutter, female, 30s
HARRIS — the carpenter, male, 30s to 50s
NAZARIO — the woodcarver, male, old as the woods, might have an Italian accent
Casting Note:
Gender as listed is suggested. Other choices may be possible. All actors can be any race but please be thoughtful about your cast composition. Try to have a diverse cast in all senses of the word in a way that is representative of your community.
If you need one fewer actor, Brenda or Janice or Nazario could be Prin and then Harris could do Wolf/Wooden Man.
Setting
Place
A small town with a lot of woods and wetland swamps.
Time
The present. But also there is a fable/fairy tale feeling to it, you know? So kind of mythic too.
